Vegan Banana Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 banana, ripe
1 cup applesauce or 1 cup apple butter
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup walnuts (optional) or 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven at 350 degrees F.
Mash the banana and the applesauce together.
Add oil, vanilla and sugar. Mix well.
Sift flour, salt and soda together and add to banana mixture with walnuts or chocolate chips, if using.
Put into loaf pan and bake for about 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes in pan, then remove to rack to cool completely before cutting.